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LGC Rush is a great opportunity for students to explore the opportunities that ILG membership can hold for you. Each house holds a variety of events that are open and free to attend- everything from liquid-nitrogen ice cream, to walks around Boston, to acappella shows- and there’s an endless supply of free food! Be sure to check out the ILGs and take part in something truly inherent to MIT- free thinking and independence. Current information about all of MIT’s ILGs can be found at web.mit.edu/lgc/www.

Epsilon Theta
259 Saint Paul Street, Brookline
http://web.mit.edu/thetans/www/
Call (617) 734-9211 or x3-8888 for a ride

Epsilon Theta is a group of 25-30 men and women living together in a big yellow house, much like a family, in a quiet neighborhood in Brookline. We keep quiet hours, or Study Conditions, in public areas of the house on week nights to help make an environment conducive to tooling, and many people will gladly drop what they are doing to help with an 8.01 problem set, explain all of scheme, or discuss topology and cement. However, many of us study the fine art of punting, which often includes playing a variety of silly games, playing in the park across the street, constructing 4" tall newspaper aliens, brewing the perfect iced tea, exploring the city, exploring campus, experimenting with the piano, reading too much science fiction and too many comic books, drawing, painting, watching anime, hacking stuffed animals, juggling, and wallpapering rooms with Slice boxes, appreciating caffeine, and spending time with each other. Our cook, Karen, makes us 7 meals a week, and we take turns cleaning up after dinner. We also keep a big silver van that makes several daily trips to campus and two locked bike sheds behind our house. We’d also love to meet you. Call 617-734-9211 or campus extension x3-8888 for a ride.

Fenway House
34 The Fenway, Boston
http://web.mit.edu/fenway/www/
Call (617) 437-1043 for a ride

Fenway House is a co-ed living group devoted to not really anything except peaceful chaos. We are 20 men and women whose only goal is to have some fun, and maybe destroy some universes while we’re at it. We assign a 1 hour/week chore and 56 hours of work week twice a year. We do things now and then, but mostly we hang around, watch some movies, and generally do whatever seems like a good idea at the time.

pika
69 Chestnut Street, Cambridge
http://web.mit.edu/zelda/www/
Call (617) 492-6983 for a ride

pika (pronounced pie-ka) is a co-ed cooperative that currently houses 32 MIT undergraduates and a graduates. pikans call home a 3-story former boarding house, vintage 1910. The house has been continually remodeled and improved since its purchase in 1970 and currently contains 13 doubles and 6 singles, making capacity about 32 people. At the beginning of each term all pikans enter a lottery to choose rooms and roommates. Because of the lottery system, everyone has an equal chance of getting first-pick or last-pick room. All of the rooms at pika have unique characteristics from lofts or sleeping closets to window seats, hardwood floors, murals, and porch access. pikans can also choose to make changes to their rooms. Each room contains two Ethernet connections for high-speed internet access.

pika has an open kitchen and pantry stocked with staples including cereal, a variety of breads, juice, milk, fruit, vegetables, sandwich materials, soup, and crackers. Breakfast and lunch are do-it-yourself. Once a week every pikan either cooks dinner or cleans up afterwards as part of a team. Also, 2 people are elected as kitchen stewards; they are in charge of buying all of the food for the cooks every week, restocking staples, and purchasing food that has been requested. pika also provides pantry and refrigerator space for personal food. The best thing about our meal plan is that you don’t have to live here to be on it. For a small fee (less than you’ll pay to eat on campus), and the willingness to perform a kitchen duty, you can enjoy a freshly cooked meal every day of the week.

Student House
111 Bay State Road, Boston
http://web.mit.edu/studs/www/
Call (617) 247-0506 for a ride

What’s the best part of student house? THE PEOPLE! friendly, fun, inexpensive, not a dorm, no stereotypes and no big umbrella image to conform to. Experience a variety of interests; 12 guitars, a piano, a full drum set, various other instruments constitute the large music fanatics; biking, climbing, hiking, frisbee, IM sports accommodate the outdoors enthusiasts. There are people around to socialize with at all times of the day. Student House feels like a home with its relaxed atmosphere. It’s in an excellent location in the heart of Boston, only a fifteen minute walk from campus or a five minute bike ride, and only minutes from restaurants to suit all tastes. International student friendly. Open kitchen with dinner six nights a week (always vegan friendly), free laundry, free wireless connection, house computers. Student House possesses a laid back, calm, and comfortable environment that accommodates both studying and having fun.

WILG
355 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
http://web.mit.edu/wilg/www/
Call (617) 734-547-0405 for more information

Do you know how to spackle? Have you ever witnessed the consumption of a 10-lb box of chocolate chips? Have you ever been in charge of a $100,000 budget? Do you have any idea how many baked potatoes 50 people can eat? Have you ever spent a morning sanding a floor with 47 of your closest friends? Did you ever believe it was possible that a group of about 48 women like you could pay bills, remodel bathrooms, throw parties, plan and cook meals, and still find time to balance the academic and extracurricular demands of being MIT students?

We didn’t either. When we came to MIT, we were too busy trying to figure out where the Freshman Essay Evaluation was, what all those crazy numbers mean, and how to figure out Rush! But somehow, in the midst of all that confusion, we chose to live at WILG and discovered a fun and enthusiastic group of people who wanted to teach us all of that and more. Now that you’re settled into MIT and some of that confusion has died down a bit, we’d like to invite you to find out more about WILG.

WILG women are involved in all sorts of activities, from house activities like socials, semiformals, trips, and parties, to a huge variety of campus-wide extracurriculars. And somehow, with all our activities, we still find time for classes and to maintain one of the highest GPA’s on campus. We major in everything and minor in more, so help with a problem set or advice on what class to take is often right down the hall.

At WILG we pride ourselves on our independence. We take care of our home and each other. In a year at WILG you can learn how to refinish hard wood floors, cook for 50, and fix appliances, but more importantly, you can also make some amazing friends!